Logitech Releases 4K Pro Magnetic Webcam for Apple Pro Display XDR
This week Apple launched its all-new Pro Display XDR monitor that happens to be one of the most advanced LCDs around, but one thing it lacks is a built-in...
15 by Anton Shilov on 12/12/2019
LG’s Lightweight Gram 17-Inch Laptop Gets Intel’s Ice Lake CPU
Thin-and-light notebooks with a 17-inch display are rather rare, as most 17-inch laptops are intended to be high performance desktop replacement-class machines. LG’s gram 17 has been a stand-out...
32 by Anton Shilov on 12/12/2019
Intel Hires Fab Veteran, Former GlobalFoundries CTO Dr. Gary Patton
Intel has hired Dr. Gary Patton, the former CTO at GlobalFoundries and an ex-head of IBM Microelectronics business. Dr Patton was leading Global Foundries leading edge processes before that...
21 by Anton Shilov on 12/11/2019
EUV Wafers Processed and TwinScan Machine Uptime: A Quick Look
One of the interesting elements that came out of some of our discussions at the IEDM conference this year revolve around the present deployment of EUV. Currently only one...
29 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 12/11/2019
Macronix to Start Shipments of 3D NAND in 2020
Macronix, a Taiwan-based manufacturer for special-purpose memory solutions, will start volume shipments of its own 3D NAND memory in the second half of next year. The company will become...
3 by Anton Shilov on 12/11/2019
Microsoft Ends Support for Windows 10 Mobile
Microsoft this week has finally retired Windows 10 mobile, ending support for its smartphone OS. However, in a quirk of differing lifecycle policies, the software giant will continue to...
20 by Anton Shilov on 12/11/2019
Intel: Lakefield in 2020, Possible 5G on Foveros
At the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) 2019, Intel had two package integration presentations, one on its Omni-Directional Interconnect and one on its 3D stacking Foveros technology. In...
37 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 12/11/2019
Intel Announces RealSense LiDAR Depth Camera for Indoor Applications
Intel has introduced the first member of its RealSense LiDAR family of depth cameras, the RealSense LiDAR L515. The sensor is primarily designed for indoor use, with Intel optimizing...
33 by Anton Shilov on 12/11/2019
AOC Reveals Two 34-Inch Curved Gaming Monitors: Up to 144 Hz & FreeSync
AOC has introduced a set of new ultra-wide curved monitors aimed at the mid-range gaming market.The new CU34G2 and CU34G2X monitors are based on 34-inch VA panels that feature...
14 by Anton Shilov on 12/11/2019
Apple’s 2019 Mac Pro Tower Now Available: From $5,999 to $53,000
Apple on Tuesday started sales of its revamped Mac Pro workstation. The new Mac Pro brings Apple back to the forefront of expensive, high-performance workstations for the first time...
81 by Anton Shilov on 12/10/2019
Intel Launches Horse Ridge Chip for Quantum Computing Systems
Intel Labs has introduced its new cryogenic control chip codenamed Horse Ridge that will speed up development of full-stack quantum computing systems. According to Intel, Horse Ridge will enable...
10 by Anton Shilov on 12/10/2019
Western Digital Announces WD Blue SN550 SSD
Western Digital is refreshing their NVMe-based WD Blue product line, replacing the WD Blue SN500 with the new WD Blue SN550. The SN550 updates both the controller and NAND...
15 by Billy Tallis on 12/10/2019
Faster & TUFer Gaming: The ASUS VG27WQ 27-Inch 165Hz Curved Monitor w/ FreeSync
ASUS has introduced a new 27-inch curved display for its TUF Gaming brand of mainstream gaming monitors. The ASUS TUF VG27WQ is based on a 2560×1440 resolution curved VA...
16 by Anton Shilov on 12/9/2019
Team Group’s T-Force Xtreem ARGB Memory: Up to DDR4-4800, ‘Mirror Design’
With even "extreme" clockspeed DDR4 modules bordering on being commodity hardware these days, DRAM module manufacturers are increasingly using design as one of the primary ways to attract attention...
0 by Anton Shilov on 12/9/2019
Intel Un-Discontinues Pentium G3420 ‘Haswell’ CPU
As spotted by ComputerBase.de, in a rare event, Intel has canceled its plan to EOL one of its low-end Haswell-generation processors, resuming processor shipments for the foreseeable future. Curiously...
49 by Anton Shilov on 12/9/2019
Qualcomm Windows on Snapdragon: New 7c & 8c SoCs for sub-$800 Laptops
Last year Qualcomm introduced its flagship Snapdragon 8cx platform for premium always-connected PCs (ACPCs) that packed the best technologies that the company had to offer at the time. Being...
54 by Anton Shilov on 12/6/2019
HP’s Envy x360 13 Wood Edition w/ AMD Ryzen Now Available
For those more discerning laptop users out there who are on the market for a more exotic laptop design, HP has started sales of its Envy x360 13 Wood...
20 by Anton Shilov on 12/6/2019
Arm Server CPUs: You Can Now Buy Ampere’s eMAG in a Workstation
One of the critical elements to all these new server-class Arm processors is availability. We are not yet at the point where these chips are freely sold on the...
19 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 12/6/2019
Preferred Networks: A 500 W Custom PCIe Card using 3000 mm2 Silicon
Pushing the physical limits of hardware is always a fun story, but I was positively blown away when I saw this poster at Supercomputing. Preferred Networks, seemingly a spin-out...
17 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 12/6/2019
Cosemi Launches 100-Meter USB 3.1 Gen 2 Optical Cables
Cosemi has introduced new USB 3.1 Gen 2 active optical cables, which support full speed USB connections at distances of up to 100 meters. The cables are designed primarily...
19 by Anton Shilov on 12/6/2019
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